Tape-winding mechanism for lighting devices or other articles



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TAPE WINDING M'EOHANISM FOR LIGHTING DEVICES OR OTHER ARTICLES.

WITNESSES hoquoonbon liri Patented May 31,1892.

NITED STATES FFICE.

CHARLES P. BOOTH, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE MAGICINTRODUCTION COMPANY, OF NEW' JERSEY.

TAPE-WINDING MECHANISM FOR LIGHTING DEVICES OR OTHER ARTICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 475,996, dated May 31,1892.

Application filed August 20, 1891. Serial No. 403,197. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES P. Boorn, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city and county of Camden, in the State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTape-Winding Mechanism for Lighting Devices and other Articles, of whichthe following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

In lighting devices in which a tape provided with ignitible pellets isdrawn over a support and such pellets exploded and the exhausted tapewound upon a revolving spindle it has heretofore been necessary toprovide a tapechamber much larger in size than the roll of tape used,the tape being coiled in one portion of such chamber before and in theother after using, and in those lighting devices designed for the pocketthis is found to be a great detriment, as it is advisable to have thesame as small as possible.

The object of my invention is to overcome the difficulty mentioned byrerolling the expended tape into practically the same space occupiedbyit before using, and this I accomplish by means of a device extremelysimple in construction and easy of operation, which is fully disclosedin the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings forma part, wherein similar numerals of reference designate like orequivalent parts wherever found throughout the several views, and inwhich- Figure 1 represents a rear view of the exterior of a lightingdevice provided with my improved tape-winding mechanism; Fig. 2, a sideview; Fig. 3, an interior View showing the freshly-insertedigniting-tape in position to be drawn across the support and ignited;Fig. 4, a like view showing the tape fully expended and rewound withinits chamber, and

- Fig. 5 a view of a section of the tape with the pellets or fulminatesthereon.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the shell or casingof the lighting device, which may be of, any preferred form and which ispreferably provided with a side or cover 2, hinged, as shown. Secured tothe back of the casing 1 is a support 3 for the preferably in thegeneral form of a quadrant and pivoted, as shown at S, and this plate 7is provided with a spindle 9 and stud 10, the

spindle 9 being revolubly mounted in the plate 7 and passing through asiot 11 in the casing 1 and being provided with an external thumbpiece12, by which the same may be rotated.

The operation of the device is as follows: A coil of tape 13, providedwith ignitible pellets 14; thereon,is placed in position upon the stud10, and the end thereof is passed over the support 3, under the end ofthe springscratcher l, and secured to the revolving spindle 9,preferably by being placed in a slit formed in the end thereof, when themechanism will be in the position shown in Fig. 3. It being then desiredto ignite the wick or punk 6, the same is drawn out of the tube 5 bypulling on the cover 15, secured thereto by a small chain, as shown, andthe thumbpiece 12 is then rotated, which, rotating the spindle 9, causesthe tape 13 to wind thereon, drawing the same over the support 3 andexploding a fulminating-pellet as the same passes beneath the scratcher4, and ignites the wick G, which may be extinguished when desired bydrawing the same back into the tube 5 until the air is excludedtherefrom by the cover 15. This operation may be repeated until all ofthe tape 13 has been drawn from the stud 10 and rewound upon the spindle9, the plate or slide 7 being gradually forced toward the center of thedevice by the impact of the roll of expended tape against the side wallof the casing 1, as the same is rewound upon the spindle 9 until thetape is entirely used up, when the spindle 9 will be found to havetraveled along the slot 11 to the center of the device to the positionshown in Fig. 4 and to have assumed nearly the position occupied by thestud 1O at'the beginning of the operation, as shown in Fig. 3.

It is evident that, instead of a wick, as 6, I may use a candle oroil-receptacle having a wick, or that the lighter may be attached to agas-burner and used for lighting the same; also, that my improvedtape-winding mechanism may be used in other than lighting devices,wherein it is desired to uncoil and recoil tapes, &c., in a limitedspace, and that many changes may be made in the construction,combination, and arrangement of the parts thereof without departing fromthe scope of my invention, and I do not limit myself to the particularform shown; but,

Having particularly described my invention, its construction andoperation, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A mechanism for winding and holding tape, &c., having a movable plateprovided with two studs or spindles, one of which is revoluble, thearrangement being such that a coil of tape placed upon one spindle maybe rewound upon the other by revolving the same and when so rewound willoccupy at least a part of the space which it occupied before beingrewound, substantially as shown and described.

2. A mechanism for winding and holding tape, &c., having a revolublespindle so mounted as to be capable of movement substantially at rightangles to its axis, and means for supporting a coil of tape andrewinding it upon the revoluble spindle by rotating the same, the tapewhen rewound occupying at least a part of the same space occupied by thecoil before rewinding, substantially as shown and described.

3. A lighting deviceor other article having a casin g provided withmeans for holding and rewinding a coil of tape, consisting of a supportfor the coil and a revoluble and sliding spindle upon which the tape isrewound so mounted as to slide toward the center of the casing as thetape is rewound thereon, so that the tape when rewound may occupysubstantially the same space within the casing as when first introduced,substantially as shown and described.

4. A lighting device or other article having a casing provided withmeans for holding and rewinding a coil of tape, consisting of a supportfor the coil and a revoluble spindle upon which the same is rewound soarranged that the rewound tape will occupy substantially the same spaceit occupied when upon the support, said revoluble spindle being adaptedto slide toward and the support away from the center of the casing asthe tape is rewound,substantially as shown and described.

5. In a lighting device, the combination, with a casing adapted toreceive a coil of tape having ignitible pellets thereon, of a supportover which the tape is drawn, means for ignitin g the pellets one by oneas they are drawn over the support, and a revoluble spindle upon whichthe tape is rewound as it is drawn over the support, said spindle beingso mounted as to slide toward the center of the casing as the tape isrewound thereon and the rewound tape occupying substantially the samespace as when first introduced in the casing, substantially as shown anddescribed. v

(i. In a lighting device, the combination, with a casing adapted toreceive a coil of tape having ignitible pellets thereon, of a supportover which the tape is drawn, a scratcher adapted to ignite the pelletsone by one as they are drawn over the support, and a revoluble spindleupon which the tape is rewound as it is drawn over the support, saidspindle being so mounted as to slide toward the center of the casing asthe tape is rewound thereon and the rewound tape occupying substantiallythe same space as when first introduced in the casing, substantially asshown and described.

7. A lighting device or other article having a casing adapted to receivea coil of tape and provided with a movable plate pivoted at one end andhaving at the other two studs or spindles, one of which is revoluble andadapted to rewind upon itself a coil of tape first mounted upon theother spindle, the arrangement being such that the coil of rewound tapeoccupies substantially the same space within the casing that it did whenfirst introduced therein, substantially as shown and described.

8. In a lighting device, the combination, with a casing adapted toreceive a coil of tape having igi'ritible pellets thereon, of a supportover which the tape is drawn, means forexploding the pellets one by oneas the tapeis drawn over the anvil, a movable plate pivoted at one endand provided at the other with two studs or spindles, one of which isadapted to receive the coil of fresh tape and the other being revolubleand adapted to receive and wind upon itself the expended tape, and meansfor rotating the revoluble spindle, substantially as shown anddescribed.

9. In a lighting device, the combination, with a casing adapted toreceive a coil of tape having ignitible pellets thereon, of means forsupporting an inflammable wick, a support over which the tape is drawnin proximity to the wick, means for exploding the ignitible pellets oneby one as the tape is drawn over the support, so as to ignite the wick,and a movable plate having two spindles, one of which is revoluble, thearrangement being such that the unexpended tape is supported upon onespindle and drawn over the support and rewound upon the other after thepellets thereon are exploded as such rewinding-spindle is rotated,substantially as shown and described.

10. In a lighting device, the combination, with a casing adapted toreceive a coil of tape having ignitible pellets thereon, of means forsupporting an inflammable wick, a support over which the tape is drawnin proximity to the wick, means for exploding the ignitible pellets oneby one as the tape is drawn over the support so as to ignite the wick, aplate pivotally attached at one end to the interior of the casing, twostuds mounted upon the pivoted plate at the movable end thereof, and

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means for rotating; one of said studs, substantially as shown anddescribed.

11. The combination, in a device for windin g tape, &c., of a spindleupon which the tape is supported in the form of a coil, arevolnblespindle upon which such tape is rewound from the first spindle as thelatter is rotated, means for rotating the reWinding-spindle, and meansfor moving both the supporting and the 10 rewinding spindlessubstantially at right angles to the axis thereof as the tape is drawnfrom one and rewonnd upon the other, substantially as shown anddescribed.

Signed at the city and county of Camden, in the State of New Jersey,this 14th day of I 5 August, A. D. 1891.

CHARLES P. BOOTH. Witnesses:

W. K. BROWN, DAVID RANKINs.

